9 h. ago Ukraine war briefing: Multiple injuries as Russia attacks Kyiv with drones and missiles

Explosions heard across capital and fires ignited while Russia and Ukraine begin largest prisoner swap of war. What we know on day 1,186See all our Ukraine war coverage Kyiv came under heavy drone and missile attack by Russian forces overnight into Saturday, triggering fires and injuring at least eight people, the Ukrainian capital’s mayor said. Explosions and machine-gun fire were heard throughout the city and many Kyiv residents took shelter in underground subway stations. Debris fell in at least four districts, said the Kyiv military administration, with six people requiring medical care. Pictures posted online showed smoke billowing from the top of one block of flats and flames leaping from part of another as emergency crews trained water on it.Russia and Ukraine on Friday began a major, complicated exchange of military prisoners of war and civilians, write Peter Beaumont and Pjotr Sauer. Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukraine’s president, said the first phase brought home 390 Ukrainians,...

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43 h. ago Up to TEN feared dead after private plane crashes into San Diego neighborhood in huge fireball

A Cessna 550 plane crashed in San Diego's Murphy Canyon neighborhood during a period of dense fog. A huge fireball erupted after the crash, setting multiple homes and cars ablaze.

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7 d. ago 'I hoped it wasn't true, I begged it wasn't': Devastated friends and family of firefighter Jennie Logan, 30, who died in Bicester aerodrome fire left grief

Firefighter Jennie Logan, 30, died alongside her colleague and Martyn Sadler, 38, and business owner David Chester, 57, after explosions were heard at Bicester Motion on Thursday.

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7 d. ago What we know about the father and two firefighters killed in fire at ex

David Chester and firefighters Jennie Logan and Martyn Sadler died after explosions were heard at Bicester Motion on Thursday.

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7 d. ago Police name firefighters and man killed after 'explosion' at ex

Jennie Logan and Martyn Sadler, as well as David Chester, died after explosions were heard at Bicester Motion on Thursday.

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7 d. ago Pictured: Firefighters who died in huge blaze at former RAF base

Three people died after explosions were heard at Bicester Motion on Thursday.

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7 d. ago Man and two firefighters killed in fire at former RAF base named

Three people died after explosions were heard at Bicester Motion on Thursday.

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7 d. ago Loud noise heard for miles after 'controlled explosion' at university

Disposal of the 'volatile and explosive' chemical could be heard from miles away

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7 d. ago Bicester fire latest: Multiple explosions heard at former RAF base as massive blaze kills three

Two firefighters died while tackling the inferno at Bicester Motion on Thursday

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8 d. ago Bicester fire latest: Three dead after huge blaze and multiple explosions heard at former RAF base

Two firefighters died while tackling the inferno at Bicester Motion on Thursday

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8 d. ago Two firefighters and a member of public die as 'explosions heard' at ex

Three people have died, including two firefighters with two more seriously injured, after a fire broke out at an ex-RAF base.

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8 d. ago Three dead in Bicester fire: Two firefighters and one member of the public killed after multiple explosions heard as blaze rips through former RAF base

In an update this morning, Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service said they were 'mourning the loss' of two colleagues killed in the blaze.

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8 d. ago Bicester Motion fire UPDATES: Three dead after explosions heard at ex

Two firefighters and a meber of the public have died after a major incident at former RAF base Bicester Motion, which is in Oxfordshire, that saw "loud bangs" worry residents

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8 d. ago Bicester fire: Multiple explosions heard as blaze rips through former RAF base

Witnesses have heard 'multiple explosions' and have seen clouds of smoke billowing for miles as an inferno engulfed a former RAF base.

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8 d. ago Bicester fire: Huge blaze and 'multiple explosions' at former RAF base as residents told 'stay indoors'

A major incident has been declared as 10 fire and rescue crews tackle a blaze at a former RAF base in Oxfordshire, with witnesses reporting loud explosions and huge plumes of smoke

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8 d. ago Huge fire and ‘multiple explosions’ heard at former RAF airfield

Firefighters warned residents to stay indoors as huge plumes of smoke were seen coming from Bicester Airfield.

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1 week ago A warlord and 6 other people killed as militia infighting rocks Libya's capital, officials say

Libyan officials say clashes between heavily armed militias rocked the Libyan capital, with gunfire and explosions heard across the city following the killing of a powerful warlord

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1 week ago Amber Heard's new quiet life in 'exile from Hollywood' as she celebrates 'completing family'

Following her explosive court battle with ex-husband Johnny Depp, actress Amber Heard has opted for a 'life of isolation' in Spain and has since welcomed twins to the 'Heard gang'

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1 week ago India and Pakistan accuse each other of violating ceasefire deal

Explosions were reportedly heard in at least three cities in India-controlled Kashmir

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1 week ago Explosions heard in Kashmir hours after Trump announces India

Explosions have been heard over Srinagar in India-administered Kashmir just hours after a ceasefire was reached between India and Pakistan on Saturday, May 10.

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